From Socialist Alternative- PAC Attacks Ginger Jentzen

PAC Attacks Ginger Jentzen

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11/1/2017 9:23 PM

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Friends, Corporate PACs are doubling down on their efforts to buy the Minneapolis elections to keep City Hall in their pockets. Now, the real-estate developer-backed “Minneapolis Works!” PAC has sent out a dishonest hit piece saying Socialist Alternative candidate Ginger Jentzen is “nuts” for wanting to tax big developers and the rich and to pass rent control. This isn’t the first and unfortunately won’t be the last time that big business leaders call a woman crazy for standing up against their agenda. But as we saw in StarTribune’s editorial on PAC money, beyond this coded sexism in their attack mailer, what really has big developers and the political establishment scared is that thr movement which won $15 could now help send a fighter for working people to City Hall. There are only 6 days left until election day on November 7! We can stop big business from buying this election, but we need your help. Can you donate $15 today to Team Ginger? The “Minneapolis Works!” PAC lies outright when it asserts in its mailer that Ginger wants to create “new taxes on working families.” Ginger knows that working people in Minneapolis and across the country are already overtaxed while big business and the super rich get loopholes and handouts. Ginger's campaign completely rejects the Republican and Trump’s billionaire-backed agenda and their new “tax plan” that represents a historic attack on working families while slashing taxes for corporations and the richest Americans. Ginger is the only candidate in the race who's explicitly against tax increases on workers, and for taxing the rich and big business, as well as calling for a moratorium on property taxes for working families in Minneapolis. Exactly where she stands on on this issue is spelled out clearly on her website, which calls for a Millionaire’s tax and to “reduce the unfair tax burden on working people, homeowners, and small businesses.” The PAC’s attempt to pose as a defender of working people is a classic and dishonest Republican ploy, as is the mailer’s claim that our pro-worker policies will “hurt the most” those we are “trying to help” or that our “nutty policies” will hurt small business. All this should sound familiar, because it’s the same nonsense we heard from these and other big business leaders when they fought against the $15 minimum wage in Minneapolis. “Minneapolis Works!” implored corporate executives and big developers to donate to a Republican-linked PAC in their recent "Call to Action," yet they are pretending that the candidates they support are “progressives.” Ginger has the support of DFL delegates, but these misleading corporate mouthpieces are attacking Ginger for supporting Bernie Sanders (along with a majority of other Minnesotans who caucused) in the primary against Hillary Clinton. We think Bernie would have won against Trump and that we need a fighter in office who will stand up to the big business forces behind these PACs. Ginger is a fundamentally different kind of candidate. Like Bernie Sanders, she’s a socialist who’s not for sale and who doesn’t take a dime in corporate cash. She has more donations from Minnesota residents than any other candidate in the race, with a median contribution of just $25 dollars. Let’s show big business and the big developers that Minneapolis is not for sale. Contribute Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list